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Negroponte Says Windows "Runs Well" On XO Laptop
portablesStony Stevenson alerts us to comments from OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte indicating his approval of Windows' performance on the XO laptop. Negroponte said in an email, "Sugar needs a wider basis, to run on more Linux platforms and to run under Windows." The full email is available at OLPC News. He was also quoted by the Associated Press as saying that Sugar "didn't have a software architect who did it in a crisp way," and cited the lack of Flash as an example. Negroponte continued, "There are several examples like that, that we have to address without worrying about the fundamentalism in some of the open-source community. One can be an open-source advocate without being an open-source fundamentalist."
echochrome PS3, PSP Demos Out Tomorrow
Playable demos of SCE Studios Japan's perspective-puzzler echochrome (PSP, PS3) will be made available for both platforms in tomorrow's PlayStation Store update, the developer announced on the PlayStation Blog.
Diario Mali
2003 albumsDiario Mali is a collaboration of Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi on piano and Malian musician Ballake Sissoko on kora. It was released in Europe in 2003.
Newtonville Historic District
newton, massachusetts | registered historic places in massachusetts }} }} The Newtonville Historic District is an historic area in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. Its original boundaries were roughly Highland Avenue, Walnut Street, Otis Street, and Lowell Avenue. On September 04, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and on February 16, 1990 its boundaries were increased to include Birch Hill Road, Highland Avenue, Lowell Avenue and Otis Street as well as Walnut Street to Washington Street.
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Martin Carruthers
1972 births | aston villa f.c. players | boston united f.c. players | cambridge united f.c. players | darlington f.c. players | english footballers | football (soccer) strikers | grantham town f.c. players | hull city a.f.c. players | ilkeston town f.c. players | lincoln city f.c. players | living people | macclesfield town f.c. players | peterborough united f.c. players | premier league players | scunthorpe united f.c. players | southend united f.c. players | stoke city f.c. players | york city f.c. playersShelly chaiken
History
Shelly Chaiken was a social psychologist. She first received her BS from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971 for mathematics. She later earned her MS (in 1975) and her PhD (in 1978) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in social psychology. She was a professor of psychology at New York University, but is now retired. Chaiken is a part of many psychological organizations including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, the American Psychological Association (Fellow, Div. 8), and the American Psychological Society.Research
She completed work involving attitude, persuasion, and social cognition. She researched phenomenon such as heuristic and systematic processing. Chaiken completed a study researching interracial contact. The study found that participant who were exposed to more white faces in a positive way, had a more negative view or increased prejudice toward black faces. Chaiken edited many psychological books including, Attitude Research in the 21st Century: The Current State of Knowledge, and Dual-Process Theories in Social Psychology. Dual-Process Theories in Social Psychology conglomerates the theories of informational processing in an organized way, along with reviews and research of these theories. Much of her work involving persuasion has been helpful to conflict resolution centers and negotiations with their patients.Saint Anthony Hotel
The Saint Anthony Hotel is a 10 floor building in San Antonio. It was built in 1909.
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Black Cat Rebellion
Black Cat Rebellion
Black Cat Rebellion was a punk rooted rock band formed in 2003 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Many comparisons have been made to their sound; including "77" punk, Rockabilly, Glam Punk, Psychobilly, and Deathrock. Some of their obvious influences may have been The Damned, The Cramps, Social Distortion, X, The Clash, Joan Jett, Generation X, and Chris Isaak. "Black Cat" featured members from The Cadavers, Blaster the Rocket Man, Phantom Cruisers, and The Scott and Aimee Project.
General Feldt
General Feldt was the German Commander during the Battle of The Afsluitdijk. After the Dutch surrender on May 15th, 194
Dominick Pezzulo
Dominick Pezzulo of the New York PAPD
Dominick A. Pezzulo (1965-2001) was a Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) officer. In the morning of September 11, 2001, he volunteered for the rescue effort in the first World Trade Center building as it was burning with the help of PAPD Seargent John McLoughlin and Officer Will Jimeno. Approaching the building, the floor shook with the impact of United Flight 175 as it ploughed into the South Tower. The men quickly ran for their lives to the building's elevator shaft. Only Pezzulo, McLoughlin and Jimeno would survive the initial hit, but soon afterwards Pezzulo's words were drowned by the fall of debris.
Gamer Gets Off Work to Visit Liberty City
With the Tuesday release of Grand Theft Auto IV looming, video gamers are already coming up with creative ways to escape their day jobs for an imprompt vacation in Rockstar's Liberty City. One Shac
HOWTO make an all-in-one steampunk PC
gadgets | happy mutants | maker | steampunkJake von Slatt sez, "The inexorable march of technology has rendered my 4:3 aspect ratio 19" LCD mod and my pump-less water cooled PC obsolete, so when I saw at 24" wide screen monitor on sale for $299.00 I grabbed it with the intent on making a Victorian All-in-One PC." I connected the plastic top and bottom together with some lengths fo aluminum angle iron and then give them a coat of Krylon semi-flat black spray paint. When the paint was dry I masked off some of the trim using "FROG Tape" from Inspired Technologies - it works much better then regular painter's masking tape. I hand painted the trim with a brush and small pot of gold paint which I then proceeded to spill into my lap. The Lady von Slatt has taken to calling me Goldmember. Next I fabricated the back from perforated aluminum and pop-rivets. Link (Thanks, Jake!)...
Anti-teen noise-weapon comes to the USA
civlib | kidsMark sez, "You guys have written before about these anti-teen noisemakers before when they were used in the UK. Well, they're being deployed in the US now and, inevitably, someone is not happy about it..." "It's horrible, loud and irritating," said Eddie Holder, 15, who sprinted from his apartment for school one morning covering one ear with his hand to block out the noise. The device was installed outside the building to drive away loiterers. "I have to hurry out of the building because it's so annoying. It's this screeching sound that you have to get away from or it will drive you crazy. "A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said the organization does not have a position on the issue. But James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Boston's Northeastern University, said that putting crowd-monitoring devices in the hands of private businesses and citizens is "dangerous."" Link See also: Anti-teenager sound weapon Kids turn "teen repellent" sound into teacher-proof ringtone High-pitched, anti-teen alarm is now ringtone, techno track (Image: Creepy Mosquito Powerpoint slides)...
What's The Point Of it All? Dryland featuring Dale Perry - Dale Perry
funk | funky | rockWhat's The Point Of it All? Dryland featuring Dale Perry - Artist: Dale Perry Album: Dryland - Remastered , From: west midlands, Please Support Dale Perry and purchase 'What's The Point Of it All?
Evening Reading
So Grand Theft Auto 4 mania is pretty much getting fully on crazy. So please do excuse the constant flow of anything related to that game but given how many thousand people show up to read any litt
Subterranean Japanese bike-parking robot
gadgetsJohn sez, "A giant mechanism will park your bike for you in an underground facility in a train station in Tokyo. It packs more than 9,000 bikes tight as sardines, and when you swipe your card to pick it up, it will find your bike and spit it out in 23 seconds!" Link (Thanks, John!)...
11 students suspended for banana prank
happy mutantsUPI reports that a high school in Illinois "has suspended 11 seniors involved in a prank that featured a student in a gorilla costume chasing banana-clad seniors in the hallways." The students were suspended for 7 days. How sad to punish seniors about to graduate for doing something harmless and delightful. If I were the principal, I would have given them gold stars and a letter-grade boost in the class of their choice. Link Previously on Boing Boing: • Gorilla suit making workshop • National Gorilla Suit Day • Brains turn gorilla suits invisible • Silicon Valley traffic report: gorilla suited guy on freeway...
Google Says “No Photos” Of Web 2.0 Booth. Photos Are Taken Anyway.
company & product profiles | googleLook closely at the photo of Google’s booth at the Web 2.0 conference, because there is apparently something there that Google didn’t want photographed. Do you see it? Yeah, me either. Looks like a normal, non-confidential type booth to me. Apparently they were demoing Adwords. But both Scott Beale and Jeremy Johnstone were told that photos [...]